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Today in NJ history: March 5, 1886: Samuel Johnson, an African-American jockey in Eatontown, was accused of assaulting and raping a white girl. Johnson, aka “Mingo Jack,” was beaten to death and hanged by a mob that evening n the only 19th century lynching in New Jersey history

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Today in NJ history: November 19, 1776: British General Charles Cornwallis crossed the Hudson River and his men scaled the Palisades in preparation for a move on Fort Lee. American troops accelerated their departure from the fort. The British occupied Fort Lee the following day.

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Smedley Butler had a 34 year career in the USMC, awarded 16 medals, including 2 Medals of Honor. In 1933 he accused businessmen of asking him to join a coup against FDR. After retiring he wrote the book “War is a Racket” and lectured widely to radicals https://t.co/7GyHT6lKUJ

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Today in New Jersey history: August 25, 1975: Bruce Springsteen’s major hit “Born to Run” was released.

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Today in New Jersey history: October 1, 1883: Postage on United States first class mail was reduced from three cents to two cents due to the passage of a law sponsored by New Jersey Congressman John Hill.

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Today in NJ history: September 15, 1789: James Fenimore Cooper born in Burlington City. His family moved to Cooperstown, New York, a community founded by his father. Cooper became the most popular American writer of his day, with Last of the Mohicans his most notable book. https://t.co/VJUUXcY8Q7

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Today in NJ history: January 26, 1831: Mary Mapes Dodge born in NYC and moved to Newark as a child. After her husband, William Dodge, drowned in 1857, supported herself and her children as a writer and editor. Best known for her book Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates. https://t.co/Karp4vGFVE

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Today in NJ history: June 3, 1844: Garret “Gus” Hobart was born in Long Branch. He was the 1896 Republican VP nominee and then VP of the United States. Hobart died of a heart attack in 1899 & was replaced by Theodore Roosevelt in the election of 1900. https://t.co/aiBjsRVinO

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Today in NJ history: February 15, 1933: President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt was at an event in Miami, Florida, when a Paterson man, Giuseppe Zangara, attempted to shoot him but mortally wounded Chicago mayor Anton Cernak. On his return to NY, FDR was in Jersey City. https://t.co/rqxfQ5AfvE

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Today in New Jersey history: August 20, 1923: R. C. Miller, the police chief of Atlantic City, advised Governor George Silzer’s secretary that his department had arrested 982 people for drunkenness and 114 for violating the Volstead Act by selling illicit alcoholic beverages.

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